Arrangement for starting and regulating the speed of alternating-current motors.



E. ARNOLD & J. L. LA com.

ARRANGEMENT FOR STARTING AND REGULATING THE SPEED OF ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTQRS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1905.

963,678. Y Patented July 5, 1910.

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EKGELBERT ARNOLD, or KARLSRUHE, GERMANY, AND anus LASSEN LA COUR,'OF

Specification of Letters Patent.

nn'mnunon, SCOTLAND.

AND nncunarrim THE srnnn or'atrnnm'rmm cunnnnr morons.

Patented July 5, 1910.

' Application filed May 15, 1905. Serial No. 260,521.

To all whom it may concem: 1 Be it known that we, ENGELBERT ARNOLD, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, and Jens Lassen LA Conn, a subject ofthe King of Denmark, and a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Arrangements for Starting and Regulating the Speed of Alternating-Current Motors, of which the following is a specification. I

. The following invention relates to that class of compensated single hasecomr u tator motors whose rotor-win ing is formed into two circuits, one of which is short circuited by brushes bearin on the commu- Ty the same magnetic axis as the stator winding, and the other of which is supplied by brushes with current from the source and has its magnctic'axis displaced ninety degrees from the former. The latter rotor circuit excites the field of the motor. p 7 {Flu order to start the motor and to regula-te of the magnetic field and in Varying. the number of ampere turns of the auxiliary winding thestrength of the field. may be varied.

Our invention will be best understood by reference to the following drawings, in which,

Figure 1 shows a serieslmotor embodying our nvention and having main and auxiliary stator coils with means for varying the number of active turns in the auxiliary .6011; Fig. 2 shows a similar series motor wlt-h a variable impedance in-shunt to the auxiliary coil; Figs. 3 and at the main and auxiliary stator coils as distributed windin s; Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate our inyention a plied to a compensated shunt motor, the former showing the auxiliary stator coil connected in'series with the main stator coil, and the speed, this magnetic field has to be ya ried independently from the current flowing iatter having the auxiliary stator coil in series with he rotor winding.

Referring to Fig. l, a seriesflmotor is shown diagrammatically having two pairs of brushes, B B and B B on the commutator K and short-circuit connections be tween them. These brushes are used to sup- 7 ply the rotor with current and are connected in series with the main stator winding S and the auxiliary'winding HW upon the stator. The connection between the commut-ator brushes and .the auxiliary winding is shown with a movable contact, as indicated by the arrow, ,which ermits as man turns of the auxiliary wingingas desire to be put in circuit. As is :well-known to those skilled in theart the rotor winding which is not short circuitedi by the brushes forms the exciting circuit of the motor which pro-- duces the exciting or cross field, while the short circuited section of the rotor winding forms the oompensatin circuit. .The ampore turns of the aux iary 'winding may have the'same direction as the ampere turns of the exciting circuit of the rotor, or they may have the opposite direction. In the first case the .motor will have a strong cross field and a large counter electromotive force of self induction/will be induced in the rotor winding and in the auxiliary winding.

Since both of these windings are connected in series with the main winding, the starting current of the motor will be reduced to an admissible value, without the starting torque because the crossv fie d is strong. v

Durin the starting period of the motor the au iary winding HW is gradually cut out; as the motor speeds up the reactance of the rotor diminishes and the power factor will rise, but the 'reactance of the rotor disappears only at synchrononous speed. If the motor is required to run at all loads at a speed below the synchronism and still have a igh power factor the rotor reactance must be compensated by having the auxilrotor windin This connection is indicated in. Fig. 1 an is understood to be of general application to either shunt or series types. In Fig. 1, both ends of the auxiliary winding are free-- and a point A of the same 1s connected with the wer terminal. When sitinn to the "the movable contact Q passed the point the ampere turns of the. winding lying bew n A and thefcontact are opposite to'f 7 those ofthe rotor winding.

In apractical arrangement the auxiliary winding is best divided into a, certain number of coils which can be connected up in different Ways, in order to vary both the number and the direction of the ampere turns of the auxiliary winding. When the motor is connected to a high tension source, either the'wliole power can be transformed to a convenient tension or only that part of the same which is required by the rotor winding andby the auxiliary winding. The

machine can also run as a continuous cur- ,rentr motor. According to one method the a brush connections are thesame as in Fig.

. 1. In this case the auxiliary winding should *have about'the same number of turns as the rotor circuit with the same magnetic axis,

and the main winding should be adjusted so that it produces'a' field of a strengthcorre sponding to the required number of revolii .tions of the'motor. According to another method, the connections of one of each set *of short circuit brushes may be broken, for instance of the brushes B and B and therotiircsupplied with current by means of the land-will therefore, if not taken ofi, 've rise brushes 'B, and "B But :in that casethe brushesIB and' B will be in a'strong field to sarking at thecommutator. T erefore the" ormer method is to be preferred to the winding may also be varie variable impedance, shown in Fig. 2-, as an adjustable resistance RWand an' ad'ustlatter.- Thecurrent through the (i auxiliary able reactance TW, either or both of w ich may beused. Theimpedance devicesmay be withdrawn from the circuit by removing thesliding contacts therefrom.

wind 3 1n In Figs. 1 and 2 the main and auxiliary lgs are represented as single coil windut they may be arranged as distri uted windings. Electrically it is always ,advantageous to arrange the main'winding YS-as a distributed winding, as inthat case it conforms most nearly to the shape of the armature winding which is short circuited. For-the same reason it is also advantageous that the auxiliary winding be arranged as a distributed one as it must oppose theexciting circuit of the rotor.

In Figs. 3 and 4913118 same connections are shownasin Figs. land 2 but arranged fora motor with three brushes. The main and auxiliary windings'S vand HW are represented as distributed windings.

Fi s. 5 and" 6 relate" to shunt mfo'torsin" whic the rotor winding ,"is connected in parallel to the main winding In the I nO-" tor shown in Fig. 5 the. aux liary winding HW is connected in series w1th the maxim winding S. As the compensated shunt motor. without auxiliary stator winding at rotor reactance decreases and thus the shunt current increases therefore the auxiliary w ndlng can 'be'gradually cut out. The lat- -the more ampere turns of the auxiliary bymeans of a plicati'on, Serial No. 456,318, filed October cure by States, 1s,

" eating circuit, a main stator winding starting takes alarge current in. the main winding S and a small one in the rotor it has only a small startin torque. When however the auxiliary winding is connected in .SBIIES w1ththe main winding a smaller cur- 7C rent flows in the latter but a stronger cross field} is produced, and since the starting torque is proportional to the cross field, it has a high value. With increasing speed-the ter may however also be used to vary the speed in the same way as with continuous current compound motors. In Fig. 6 the auxiliary winding is connected in series to the rotor winding. With this arrangement the. starting torque is small. However the speed of the motor may be regulated over a wide range by varyin the number of am pere turns of the auxi iary winding. If no sense; With shunt motors for high tension we need only to transformth'e current for v the rotorand for the auxiliary winding to 10 a convenient tension. To this end the main stator winding itself may be'used as a transformer as shown in. original Figs. 7 and 8, which were transferred to our divisionalap- What we claim as new anddesire to se- Letters-Patent of the United 1. In an alternating current motor in' 'com- 11C bination, a rotor WlDdlllg provided with a 'commutator brushes bearing on said commutator, certain of said brushes connected to a source of current and forming the exciting. 1

circuit, at least two of said'brushes short circuiting the rotor wmdmg, to produce a .magnetizationat an angle'tothat of the exciting circuit, and forming the compenarranged to produce a magnetization along the line of magnetization of thecompensat ing circuit, and an auxiliary stator Winding arranged to produce a magnetizationalong the line'of magnetization' of the exciting circuit.

2. In'an alternating current motor in conibination, a" rotor winding provided with a commutator, brushes bearing on said-commutator, certain of said brushes connected tdm'source of current andforming the exenacteoiting circuit, at least two of said brushes.

' the exciting circuit, and forming the comnetization along the line pensating c1rcuit,.a main stator windin "'arran ed to produce a. magnetization a ong the ine' of magnetization of the compensating circuit, an auxiliary stator winding ar:

ranged to produce a magnetization along theline of magnetization of the'exciting circuit, and means whereby the effective ampere 3'. :1n an alternatingcurrent motor in combination, a rotor winding provided with a com-mutatonbrushes" bearing on said conimutator, certain of said brushes connected to a source of current and formingthe exciting circuit, at least two of said brushes shortcircuiting the rotor winding, to produce a magnetization at an angle to, that of the exciting circuit, and forming the compensating circuit, a main stator winding arran edto produce a magnetization along the l ne of-magnetization of the compensatlng circuit', an auxiliarv stator winding arran ed to producea magnetization alongthe-lme.

ofmagnetization "of the exciting circuit',"'and ineans whereby the ampere turns of the aux 'iliary winding may be reversed.

4. Inian alternating-current motor incombination, a rotor-windingprovided with a commutator, a stator winding havingcoils whose magnetic fields are in quadrature, brushes bearing on said commutator and connected in circuitwith saidstatorcoils an the line of on'e of said fields, and certain of saidb ushes connected together on the lin'ef'of, other magnetic fie wher'eli theiefie'ctive ampere turns of one stator'co lmay, bevari'edand the direction 'gnetic'fieId-may be reversed. r 5. In an alternating current motorirrcombination, winding, prov ded with a commutator, on said commutator, atleast brushes bearing I pf'said brushes connected together fon the hut of magnetizatimi gof the main stator winding so as to set up'a said main -stator winding, certain of said brushesconnected to a source of current to form the exciting circuit and 'fir'oducing a magnetization at an angle to the main stator winding, and astarting and I regulating stator winding arranged to produce a magof magnetization of the exciting, circuit 'andfconnected in series circuit wlth the brushes of theexciting circuit. v

6. In" an alternating current motor in combination,

with qa, commutator,

two of said brushes .connectedyto'gether on the line of magnetization of stator stator winding connecte I to produce a ma auxiliary winding may be Y versed.

d, and a e, main stator winding, a rotorfield to compensate ot the 0011' o the auxiliary fie d a a main stator winding; a Mon s P ovided brushes bearing on said communi b stator winding to a, source of current to form the exciting-circuitnnd producing a magnetization at an angle to the main stator winding, and a .starti-n and regulating in series circuit with lthe main stator winding and the brushes of the exciting circuit an arranged etization along the line of a magnetization o the exciting'circuit.

' 7. In an alternatingcnrrent motor in combination, a rotor-winding provided with'a' commutator, a sta tbr winding having coils whose magnetic axes are in' quadrature, brushes bearing on said commutator and connected in circuit with" said winding and producing with one of said coils a cross-field on the line of one of saidaxes; connections '55 between certain of said'brushes short-circuiting port-ions of said rotor winding and "producing a compensating field on the-other magnetic axis, and means whereby the efiective ampere turns of the stator coil on the line of the cross-field may be varied and the direction ofits magnetic field may be re-- 8, In an alternating current motor in 'combination, a rotor winding provided with a commutator, brushes bearin on said commu'tator, certain of said brus es connected to a source of current and forming the exciting circuit at least two of said brushes, shortcircuitmgthe rotor winding, to produce a magnetization at an angle to that. of the excitingcircuit, and for'min the compensating circqit, a main stator W1ntlin'garm ed to prdiini? magnetization along? j me of magnetization of the con fimnsating ei'r cuit, airauxiliary sta.torwin ihg, arranged to produce a magnetization'alongthe'linepf ,magnetizatiofi o the exciting circfi'itfalid a var ablg impedancefshuntin'g.the auxiliary. statoni-itmdmg;

- l -e rna g m' a we: nt n 'l 1st?! dhap'rwfifl WE commutator, a sta-tbr and auxiliary coils for ljmagn'et' old: varranged at flhifi gleofi nmety ito. each other, brush bearingon saidtator and com circuit with said stator coils on the line Mm of said fields, certain of said brushes connected. to ther on the line of the otherma'gneti'c fie} and 1'2n means whereb' the effective varied andthe direction ofits may be reversed; I]

10.111 a. compensated alternatinge motor in combination, a main stator-winds; 1 mg, a rotor having-a commutator, caring on the commutator .at 'leastzitwdofsaid brushes on the line of t main wind 10 r said brushes on line ofthe main. windin to compensate the main. stator-winding, an

- auxiliary statorw'inding along the line of the rotor cross-field and in circuit with cer-- tain of said brushes, and means whereb the di-rection'of the field set up by the auxi iar'y windin may be reversed. 1

11'. n a compensated alternating-current motor in combination, a main stator-winding, a rotor. having a commutator, brushes bearing on thecommutator, at least two of being short-circuited 'so as to set 11 a fiel to compensate the'main stator-win ing, an auxiliary stator-winding along the line of the rotor cross-field and in circuit with eertain of said-brushes, means whereby the di-- I rection of the field set 11 by, the auxiliary winding may be reverse and a resistance and an inductance in shunt with the auxiliary windinguwherebyf. its efiective ampere turns may Waried'. .jr';

12. In an alternating current motor in combination, a swa rotor having a'wmding provided wth a commutator, brushes bearin on said commutator, said brushes short-c1rcuitin the rotor winding on one axis and formm field brushes on an axis displaced from sald short-circuited axis, said field brushes forming with said rotor winding a field circuit, a main stator winding on sald short-circuited axis ,and a field stator winding on the field axis of the rotor and in series circuitwith themain stator windn testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of subscribing witnesses. 

